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Month: March 2016

Day 2: Advertising Techniques

There are many different strategies or techniques advertisers use to entice you.

Propaganda

Bandwagon

Testimonial

Snob Appeal

Patriotism

Facts and Figures

Expert Opinions

Logical Appeal

Glittering Generalization

Transfer or Emotional Appeal

Name Calling

Repetition

And many more!!

I shared a presentation with my students describing each of the techniques. They took Cornell notes using a Google template I created earlier in the year. However, you could create a nearpod or Pear Deck to make the presentation more interactive. We had discussions about current commercials and print ads that use the various tactics.

The kids then created their own print ad in partners. (10-15 min) in partners. They had the following requirements.

Consumer Savvy unit is all about advertising. We see ads all over the place. In class we will do several activities determining where ads are found, strategies advertisers use to sell their products, and how we can be smart consumers.

Day 1: Ad Awareness

Have the kids discuss the following questions in shoulder partners or table talk.

What is advertising?

Where do we find advertising?

After your groups have discussed the above questions create an anchor chart sharing the different ideas. Debunk false answers.

By law ads must be accurate and truthful, but many times they can leave out other truths. Consumers must be careful when making purchases.

Introduce a variety of ads. Below is a great list of advertisements you can use in your classroom.

While working in partners the kids need to create a Google document, copy and paste the questions below, and answer each using four different ads from the Admongo Ad Library. When finished they will submit the document through Google classroom.

Remember to model before you set them free!

What group, company, or organization is responsible for the ad?

What does the ad say to suggest about the product?

What is the ad trying to get you to buy, do, or think?

How are the four ads alike?

How are they different?

Pick one of the four ads. Is the advertiser’s perspective different from yours? Describ how.

To conclude the activity we had a quick class discussion about the advertisements they found.

Standards:

RI6.3 Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).

RI6.8 Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not

After examining your notes work with a partner to determine how Mr. Hatch’s perspective on life changes throughout the story. Remember, if Mr. Hatch’s perspective changed you may need more than one detail to support the differences. In the box below your notes write your answer. Don’t forget to share the document with your teacher.

Enrichment Opportunity

When you finish your activity above create a poster depicting the two major life perspectives Mr. Hatch experiences throughout the book.

Watch the following video and take notes about the different perspectives for Papa, Mama, and Marcenia in the beginning of the story. Use the Cornell Notes template to record your information. When you are finished with your notes answer the following question.

How are Marcenia and her parents perspectives on Marcenia playing baseball different?

After watching the video above. Discuss with your partner what POV this book was written. After determining the POV jot two examples from the text on a sticky note, and place on the chart paper in the front of the room. Don’t forget to write your name on the back of your sticky note.

Once the teacher has checked your answer write two creative sentences on a sentence strip. One side should be 2nd person and the other 3rd person. Most creative/intriguing sentences win tickets. Good Luck!

Perspective

What do you see?

A winding country road going off into the distance and over a hill. West Yorkshire, England

Day 1: While watching the Giving Tree take Cornell notes in your journal and develop an opinion about the tree. Is the tree weak or strong?

In the left column write weak or strong next to each thought in the right column. Do not write in the bottom section just yet. Meet in two separate groups to discuss details from the text that support your opinion. Watch the video and add any details to make sure you have a strong enough argument to go up against someone else’s opinions tomorrow.

Day 2: Today we will argue whether the tree is weak/strong. Find a partner on the opposing team. Partner A shares reasons and evidence. Then partner B shares reasons and evidence. Go back to opinion alike team to strengthen reasons and evidence. If someone threw you for a loop, discuss better arguments with your group. Meet with opposing partner one more time. Have two people from opposing teams go head to head in front of the class. Taking the strong reasons and evidence you found and developed you will now create a RACE response to the following question.

Is the tree strong or weak? Use evidence from the story to support your answer.

Feudal Japan

You are the editor of a travel magazine preparing an article on the history of Japan for tourists. It is your job to entice your readers to visit Japan on their next holiday. Your subscribers have the option to travel anywhere in the world, they don’t have to choose Japan. So, why should they travel to Japan?

Task:

You will write a travel article persuading tourists to visit Japan. Your article must include the following items.

The arrival of Europeans dramatically changed the Japanese Lifestyle. What do you see in the following timeline? What conclusions can you draw about the Westerner effect on Japan? Record your answers on your outline.

Step 5: Japanese Way of Life (Mr. Juchems)

Record any interesting facts and information on your outline. Think about current culture, foods, religion, jobs.

Step 6: Begin Persuasive Article

Using the attached outline input the most important reasons and details for a tourist to visit Japan. It is important to visually know you have enough information for your readers. Don’t forget your details. If you think I should visit Mt. Fuji, but fail to tell me about it. I’m not going to be too excited to visit. You have to make it sound like an experience of a lifetime.

Once you have the outline for your reasons completed, begin working through an introduction and conclusion.

Welcome to Inference. We will study both fiction and nonfiction texts during this unit. This is the largest unit of the year. We will be finding the theme, main idea, drawing conclusions, making predictions, and using context clues. Below you will find resources for this unit.

Dancing is great for so many different reasons. It makes our brains think differently, exercises our bodies, and develops a sense of team and belonging. I wanted to encourage my students to step out of their comfort zone last year, this really did it! We laughed and learned together.

We learned stalls, steps, and rhythm. Then we compiled everything into a routine to share during a school-wide assembly. The kids loved it!

Every other day we included a research portion to our RTI time. This helped us focus on Missouri Learning Standards for ELA. The kids worked in partners and created a presentation to share at the end of the quarter with the class. Below you will find the assignment.

This quarter you won’t only be learning a hip hop routine to perform at the end-of-the-year assembly, but you will also be learning about this incredible style of dance. In many ways dance is a universal language spoken around the world in many different dialects. Think what you would see in the Russian Ballet, a small village in Africa, the streets of New York, or the gardens in Thailand. Each style is distinctly individual, and yet they are all incredibly similar. When music is played the body moves. We tap our toes, bob our heads, and groove to the music. Dance binds cultures together. Each of those places mentioned around the globe have a cultural variation on dance. You will have the opportunity to research one style of hip hop dance.

The most popular styles of Hip Hop are breaking, popping and locking. However, there are many more genres. I found a few sites for Breaking, Popping and Locking, and Krumping. If you would like to research another main style let me know and I will help you find some sites.